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Performance of bioaerosol samplers: collection characteristics and sampler design considerations

Nevalainen, A., Pastuszka, J., Liebhaber, F. and Willeke, K.
1992
Atmospheric Environment, v 26A, n 4, p 531-540

Nevalainen, A., Pastuszka, J., Liebhaber, F. and Willeke, K., (1992), "Performance of bioaerosol samplers: collection characteristics and sampler design considerations", Atmospheric Environment, v 26A, n 4, p 531-540.
Abstract:
The performances of various bioaerosol samplers have previously been compared in different field settings. The results are contradictory because of the arbitrarily chosen samplers, detection methods and sampling environments. In this paper, bioaerosol samplers are analyzed as to their operating principles and the different elements of the bioaerosol sampling process. The concepts of stopping distance as an estimate of sampler cut-off size, particle surface density on the collection surface and an example sampling time are introduced. Several presently available samplers are evaluated as to their collection characteristics and calculated optimal sampling times.
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Nevalainen, A.
Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland, and Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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  2. Analysis of moisture findings in the interior spaces of Finnish housing stock
  3. Comparison of concentrations and size distributions of fungal spores in buildings with and without mould problems
  4. Comparison of two-level and three-level classifications of moisture-damaged dwellings in relation to health effects
  5. Control of exposure to airborne viable microorganisms during remediation of moldy buildings; report of three case studies
  6. Effect of building frame and moisture damage on microbiological indoor air quality in school buildings
  7. Effect of growth medium on potential of Streptomyces anulatus spores to induce inflammatory responses and cytotoxicity in RAW264.7 macrophages
  8. Effect of indoor sources on fungal spore concentrations and size distributions
  9. Effect of liner and core materials of plasterboard on microbial growth, spore-induced inflammatory responses, and cytotoxicity in macrophages
  10. Everyday activities and variation of fungal spore concentrations in indoor air
  11. Fungal spores as such do not cause nasal inflammation in mold exposure
  12. Fungi and actinobacteria in moisture-damaged building materials - concentrations and diversity
  13. Indoor air microbes and respiratory symptoms of children in moisture damaged and reference schools
  14. Induction of Cytotoxicity and Production of Inflammatory Mediators in RAW264.7 Macrophages by Spores Grown on Six Different Plasterboards
  15. Inlet sampling efficiency of bioaerosol samplers
  16. Knowledge-based and statistically modeled relationships between residential moisture damage and occupant reported health symptoms
  17. Microbes and moisture content of materials from damaged building
  18. Moisture, mold and health in apartment homes
  19. Personal exposures and microenvironmental concentrations of particles and bioaerosols
  20. Size distributions of airborne microbes in moisture-damaged and reference school buildings of two construction types
  21. Skin-prick test findings in students from moisture- and mould-damaged schools: A 3-year follow-up study
  22. Temporal and spatial variation of fungal concentrations in indoor air
  23. The relationship between moisture or mould observations in houses and the state of health of their occupants
  24. Validity of detection of microbial growth in buildings by trained dogs  
Pastuszka, J.
     
Liebhaber, F.
  1. Inlet sampling efficiency of bioaerosol samplers  
Willeke, K.
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  4. Collection of airborne microorganisms by a new electrostatic precipitator
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  6. Collection of fungal spores on air filters and spore reentrainment from filters into air
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  8. Effect of impact stress on microbial recovery on an agar surface
  9. Effect of relative humidity on the aerodynamic diameter and respiratory deposition of fungal spores
  10. Evaluation of a new personal sampler for enumerating airborne spores
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  12. Improved aerosol collection by combined impaction and centrifugal motion
  13. Inlet sampling efficiency of bioaerosol samplers
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  18. Release of Streptomyces albus propagules from contaminated surfaces
  19. Source strength of fungal spore aerosolization from moldy building material
  20. Techniques for dispersion of microorganisms into air  


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